Is CVE-2012-1146 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1146 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1146?

CVE-2012-1146 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-1146

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

The mem_cgroup_usage_unregister_event function in mm/memcontrol.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle multiple events that are attached to the same eventfd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by registering memory threshold events.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 0.5% (44th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1180)
Published: May 17, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1180 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
linux / linux kernel
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964(Broken Link)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3(Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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